Tim Dennis
2019-11-04
At its simplest, R is like a car's engine while RStudio is like a car's dashboard
Much as we don't drive a car by interacting directly with the engine but rather by interacting with elements on the car's dashboard, we won't be using R directly but rather we will use RStudio's interface.
The best way to master these topics is, in our opinions, through deliberate practice with R and lots of repetition.
R packages extend the functionality of R by providing additional functions, data, and documentation. They are written by a worldwide community of R users and can be downloaded for free from the internet. They are essential features of R - we will be using packages in this class.
A good analogy for R packages is they are like apps you can download onto a mobile phone:
Follow this link to the shared RStudio Project. It is also in your course website.